基于II类周期极化铌酸锂波导的通信波段小型化频率纠缠源产生及其量子特性测量

张越; 侯飞雁; 刘涛; 张晓斐; 张首刚; 董瑞芳

doi:10.7498/aps.67.20180329

摘要

自发参量下转换过程制备的纠缠光源在量子光学及其相关领域有着广泛的应用.本文利用780 nm的分布式布拉格反射镜激光二极管抽运一块长10 mm的Ⅱ类准相位匹配的周期极化铌酸锂波导，产生了偏振正交的频率反关联纠缠光子对.通过实验结果与理论的完美结合得到，当进入波导的抽运光功率为44.9 mW时，下转换双光子对的产生速率为1.87×107 s-1.利用单色仪对下转换光子的频谱进行分析，得到信号和闲置光子的中心波长分别为1561.43 nm和1561.45 nm，频谱宽度为3.62 nm和3.60 nm，双光子符合包络宽度约为3.18 nm，可以得到双光子的频率纠缠度为1.13>1.00，表征了双光子的频率纠缠特性.利用Hong-Ou-Mandel干涉仪测量双光子的二阶量子干涉特性，测得的干涉可见度为96.1%，干涉图谱的凹陷宽度为1.47 ps.

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Abstract

The frequency entangled photon pairs generated by spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) possess wide applications in quantum optics and relevant fields.To facilitate the practical quantum information technologies,particularly in optical fiber links,a frequency entangled source at telecommunication wavelength with features of compactness,portability,high efficiency and miniaturization is highly desired.In this paper,we report the experimental generation of a miniaturized frequency entangled source in telecommunication band from a 10 mm-long type-Ⅱ periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide pumped by a 780 nm distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser diode.The frequency entangled photon pairs generated by SPDC possess wide applications in quantum optics and relevant fields.When the DBR laser diode is driven by a current of 170 mA at a temperature controlled to 20℃,the output power is measured to be 70.4 mW with a central wavelength of 780.585 nm.Under this pump,the orthogonally-polarized photon pairs are generated and output from the PPLN waveguide.After filtering out the remaining pump by three high-performance long-pass filters mounted on an adjustable U-type fiber bench,the photon-pair generation rate,spectral and temporal properties of the generated frequency entangled source are measured.The results show that the generation rate of the photon pairs,after being corrected for the detection efficiencies of the single photon detectors and the optical losses,is achieved to be 1.86×107 s-1 at a pump power of 44.9 mW (coupled into the waveguide).Optimizing the working temperature of the waveguide and fixing it at 46.5℃,the frequency degeneracy of the SPDC generated photon pairs is realized.Based on the coincidence measurement setup together with two infrared spectrometers,the spectra of the signal and idler photons are obtained with their center wavelengths of 1561.43 nm and 1561.45 nm,and their 3-dB bandwidths of 3.62 nm and 3.60 nm respectively.The joint spectrum of the photon pair is observed,showing a joint spectrum bandwidth of 3.18 nm.The degree of frequency entanglement is quantified to be 1.13 according to the bandwidth ratio between the single photon spectrum and the joint spectrum.Furthermore,based on the Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interferometric coincidence measurement setup,a visibility of about 96.1% is observed,which indicates the very good frequency indistinguishibility of the down-converted biphotons.The measured 3-dB width of the HOM dip is 1.47 ps and shows good agreement with the measured single-photon spectral bandwidth.The experimental results lay a solid foundation for developing portable,miniaturized frequency entangled sources at telecommunication band for the further applications in quantum information areas,such as quantum time synchronization.

Keywords:

miniaturized frequency entangled source /
type-II periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide /
quantum characterization

作者及机构信息

1.
中国科学院国家授时中心, 中国科学院时间频率基准重点实验室, 西安 710600;

2.
中国科学院大学材料科学与光电技术学院, 北京 100049;

3.
中国科学院大学天文与空间科学学院, 北京 100049

通信作者: 董瑞芳, dongruifang@ntsc.ac.cn

基金项目: 国家自然科学基金（批准号：91336108，11273024，91636101，Y133ZK1101）、国家自然科学基金青年科学基金（批准号：11403031）、中国科学院前沿科学重点研究项目（批准号：QYZDB-SSWSLH007）、中国科学院科研装备研制项目和中组部"青年拔尖人才支持计划"项目（批准号：组厅字[2013]33号）资助的课题.

Authors and contacts

1.
Key Laboratory of Time and Frequency Primary Standards, National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710600, China;

2.
College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;

3.
School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Corresponding author: Dong Rui-Fang, dongruifang@ntsc.ac.cn

Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91336108, 11273024, 91636101, Y133ZK1101), the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11403031), the Frontier Science Key Research Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. QYZDB-SSWSLH007), the Research Equipment Development Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the "Young Top-notch Talents" Program of Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, China (Grant No.[2013]33).

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施引文献

[1]	Bouwmeester D, Ekert A, Zeilinger A 2000 The Physics of Quantum Information: Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Teleportation, Quantum Computation (Berlin: Springer-Verlag) pp50-55
[2]	Zeilinger A 1999 Rev. Mod. Phys. 71 S288
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[6]	Kim Y H, Kulik S P, Shih Y H 2001 Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 1370
[7]	Squier J, Mller M 2001 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 72 2855
[8]	Brasselet S, Floc'h V L, Treussart F, Roch J F, Zyss J, Botzung-Appert E, Ibanez A 2003 Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 207401
[9]	Dayan B, Pe'er A, Friesem A A, Silberberg Y 2004 Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 023005
[10]	Abouraddy A F, Nasr M B, Saleh B E A, Sergienko A V, Teich M C 2002 Phys. Rev. A 65 053817
[11]	Sergienko A V, Saleh B E A, Teich M C 2004 Opt. Lett. 29 2429
[12]	Nasr M B, Saleh B E A, Sergienko A V, Teich M C 2003 Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 083601
[13]	Nasr M B, Carrasco S, Saleh B E A, Sergienko A V, Teich M C, Torres J P, Torner L, Hum D S, Fejer M M 2008 Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 183601
[14]	Zerom P, Chan K W C, Howell J C, Boyd R W 2011 Phys. Rev. A 84 061804
[15]	Lund A P, Ralph T C, Haselgrove H L 2008 Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 030503
[16]	Marek P, Fiurasek J 2010 Phys. Rev. A 82 014304
[17]	Pittman T B, Shih Y H, Strekalov D V, Sergienko A V 1995 Phys. Rev. A 52 R3429
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[22]	Kwiat P G, Waks E, White A G, Appelbaum I, Eberhard P H 1999 Phys. Rev. A 60 R773
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[24]	Fiorentino M, Beausoleil R G 2008 Opt. Express 16 20149
[25]	Hentschel M, Hbel H, Poppe A, Zeilinger A 2009 Opt. Express 17 23153
[26]	Tanzilli S, Tittel W, de Riedmatten H, Zbinden H, Baldi P, de Micheli M P, Ostrowsky D B, Gisin N 2002 Eur. Phys. J. D 18 155
[27]	Halder M, Beveratos A, Thew R T, Jorel C, Zbinden H, Gisin N 2008 New J. Phys. 10 023027
[28]	Chen J, Fan J, Migdall A 2010 Proc. SPIE 17 6727
[29]	Lee K F, Chen J, Liang C, Li X, Voss P L, Kumar P 2006 Opt. Lett. 31 1905
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[43]	Mori S, Söderholm J, Namekata N, Inoue S 2008 Optics Commun. 264 156

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